primary health care:a manual for medical students and other health workers.

Abstract

students and other health workers, to achieve competence in the understanding and management of priority problems in Primary Health Care in Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya. It is applicable to other countries with similar problems.

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Each chapter of the manual, has objectives related to an important Primary Health Care topic, and defines the knowledge, skills and attitude required to meet these objectives. The manual is intended to supplement paediatric texts and reference material, and is a targeted aid to Primary Health Care problem solving both in tertiary and Primary Health centres, which should both be the major sites for relevant health learning. Some of the chapters contain case illustrations designed to facilitate learning by presenting rea1- life problems relevant to the topic. The manual contains self evaluation questions and a list of objectives. Other learning materials supplied by other institutions and organizations like W.H. 0., UNICEF, etc. may be very useful. For the manual to be of continuing value, the students and the teachers must add relevant details of priority health problems in their region with particular focus and emphasis on the overall child health programmes. This should include collaborative emphasis on links between the training programmes and the country's health care system, both governmental and non-governmental. In order to adapt to the rapidly changing field of primary health care teaching, revisions and additions to the problems presented here, must be developed by teachers and students to reflect changing priorities and approaches.